1984-Apr-pg86_Prosecutions for not Observing the Sabbath
This article came from the Chronicle published April 1984. Page 86
PROSECUTIONS FOR NOT OBSERVING THE SABBATH
Author: Leslie Brooke
Yeovil churchwardens obtained summonses on at least two occasions in the nineteenth century for the breaking of the Sabbath day by inhabitants.
| 1816 Octor. | Two summons’s for Persons having their Shops open & selling on the Sabbath day | 2s 0d |
| 1821 Janyy. | 3 Summons’s for Nossiter, Ross & Beaton – for Drunkeness Sunday. | 3s 0d |